History YMMV / CryBabyLane

* HypeBacklash: After years of being built up as something truly horrific thanks to various creepypastas, urban legends, and recollections from people who watched it when it first aired, many were disappointed at what they considered to be something no scarier than your average episode of ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' or ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}''.

** The dated effects and it really only being as scary as a typical episode of ''Are You Afraid Of The Dark?'' can be like this to some people.
** Sure, the existence of ''Cry Baby Lane'' shows that MissingEpisode creepypasta involving some super scary thing that only aired once can and does exist. However, the scariness factor is lessened considerably when you realize that the chances of a kids network deliberately creating and airing something as disturbing and graphic as your average Missing Episode creepypasta is rather low. Something like the '''actual''' ''Cry Baby Lane'' movie, sure, but a missing episode full of guts, gore, and decidedly not-safe-for-anybody material would get a kids' network in a load of trouble.

* SpiritualSuccessor: This story would've been right at home on Nick's ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'', which aired its last episodes a few months before ''Cry Baby Lane'''s original airing.

* ValuesDissonance: Carl and Andrew's mother panicking once she found out they snuck out of the house after dark is supposed to be seen as ''overly protective'', which their dad points out. Considering how normal (or at least [[YouCanPanicNow widely discussed]]) kidnapping, molestation, and murder of children have become in modern times, one can't help but find the mother's concern justified and find the father way too lenient and negligent about their disappearance.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Creepypasta itself painted Lauer was an evil person who began to interject morbid topics into the film and eventually MindRape the main character with horrified imagery that would later on be used in the movie itself, while also going on in the end about Lauer's apparent legacy he had at Nickelodeon. While Lauer himself is ''far'' from this person, Creator/DanSchneider on the other hand developed this reputation due to being a difficult person to work with, to the point of predatory allegations that follow him despite leaving the network.

** After a ''decade'' of denying the existence of the movie and then ''years'' of [[BlatantLies denying that they had ever said they did not make the movie]] Nickelodeon finally embraced the fact that, yes, the internet had been right all along and they had purposefully locked it away after complaints [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBkfSLBwnxM in more recent advertisements for the film.]]
* HypeBacklash: After years of being built up as something truly horrific thanks to various creepypastas, urban legends and recollections from people who watched it when it first aired, many were disappointed at what they considered to be something no scarier than your average episode of ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' or ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}''.

** Sure, the existence of ''Crybaby Lane'' shows that MissingEpisode creepypasta involving some super scary thing that only aired once can and does exist. However, the scariness factor is lessened considerably when you realize that the chances of a kids network deliberately creating and airing something as disturbing and graphic as your average Missing Episode creepypasta is rather low. Something like the '''actual''' ''Crybaby Lane'' movie, sure, but a missing episode full of guts, gore, and decidedly not safe for anybody material would get a kids network in a load of trouble.

* SoBadItsGood: It's '''incredibly''' dated and could be considered average like an episode of ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'', but it still has it's fans, especially after the hype it got from the creepypasta.

* ValuesDissonance: Carl and Andrew's mother panicking once she found out they snuck out of the house after dark is supposed to be seen as ''overly protective'', which their dad points out. Considering how normal kidnapping, molestation and murder of children have become in modern times, one can't help but find the mother's concern justified and find the father way too lenient and negligent about their disappearance.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Creepypasta itself painted Lauer was an evil person who began to interject morbid topics into the film and eventually MindRape the main character with horrified imagery that would later on be used in the movie itself, while also going on in the end about Lauer's apparent legacy he had at Nickelodeon. While Lauer himself is ''far'' from this person, Creator/DanSchiender on the other hand developed this reputation due to being a difficult person to work with, to the point of predatory allegations that follow him despite leaving the network.

** Sure, the existence of ''Crybaby Lane'' shows that MissingEpisode creepypasta involving some super scary thing that only aired once can and does exist. However, the scariness factor is lessened when you realize that the chances of a kids network deliberately creating and airing something as disturbing and graphic as your average Missing Episode creepypasta is rather low. Something like the '''actual''' ''Crybaby Lane'' movie, sure, but a missing episode full of guts, gore, and decidedly not safe for anybody material would get a kids network in a load of trouble.

** Sure, the existence of ''Crybaby Lane'' shows that MissingEpisode creepypasta involving some super scary thing that only aired once can and does exist. However, RealityEnsues when you realize that the chances of a kids network deliberately creating and airing something as disturbing and graphic as your average Missing Episode creepypasta is rather low. Something like the '''actual''' ''Crybaby Lane'' movie, sure, but a missing episode full of guts, gore, and decidedly not safe for anybody material would get a kids network in a load of trouble.

** Capitalistic? Sure, but after a ''decade'' of denying the existance of the movie and then ''years'' of [[BlatantLies denying that they had ever said they did not make the movie]] Nickelodeon finally embraced the fact that, yes, the internet had been right all along and they had purposefully locked it away after complaints [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBkfSLBwnxM in more recent advertisements for the film.]] About time.

** Capitalistic? Sure, but after a ''decade'' of denying the existance of the movie and then ''years'' of [[BlatantLies denying that they had ever said they did not make the movie]] Nickelodeon finally embraced the fact that, yes, they purposefully locked it away after complaints [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBkfSLBwnxM in more recent advertisements for the film.]] About time.

* ValuesDissonance: Carl and Andrew's mother panicking once she found out they snuck out of the house after dark is supposed to be seen as ''overly protective'', which their dad points out. Considering how normal kidnapping, molestation and murder of children has become in modern times, one can't help but find the mother's concern justified and find the father way too lenient and negligent about their disappearance.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The idea of having to summon the good twin after having accidently unleashed the evil twin and then have them fight a good vs. evil battle sounds like a pretty cool idea (it was even suggested in the film itself!), but the idea is quickly dismissed by Bennett telling Andrew that he just needs to cut the vine in the evil twin's heart. The good twin isn't even brought up again after that.